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[Q] Nube in need of help

I'm lost in dire need of help. All i was trying to do is take my 2.1 OS to 2.2 using this guide techlivez.com/2010/07/how-to-upgrade-galaxy-s-to-android-2-2-tutorial/ Now my phone will not completely turn on can anyone help i need my lifeline back

Did you flash for the samsung fascinate or the galaxy s.
edit: ok got to my computer and checked the site you used ....wrong firmware for samsung fascinate ....give me a minute to find the right one for ya
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

That guide was for the i9000, the international variant of the Galaxy S (it even says it's not for other variants at the end). Your best bet is probably to get it into download mode, and use Odin to flash the DI01 all-in-one file (using the PDA button!).
If you unbrick your phone, and STILL want 2.2, go into the Development section and find one of the posts about upgrading to EB01 rom... but still, be CAREFUL.

flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648

i followed the intructions from the techlive for the galaxy s

then follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722

xlinth said:
then follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722
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will this take it back to completely stock program?
it says doesnt have recovery?

the second link of mine takes you through it step by step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722 follow the instructions to a T and you will be good

xlinth said:
flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
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Everywhere i go for the stock files the links are down. Does anyone know where i can get the stock files

pm me and ill give you my drop box ...but give it 10 mins or so its 450+ MEGS
I sent you a pm with link ...

xlinth said:
flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
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When i try this i get this.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin
<ID:0/004> cache.rfs
<ID:0/004> factoryfs.rfs
<ID:0/004> movinand.bin
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Anyone online that can help with this please IM Me.

whitakerthomas said:
Anyone online that can help with this please IM Me.
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I've read over and can't confirm where your error occured. I'd try again. You did select pda correct?

yes i tried in PDA. My error was using the techlive article for the I9000 galaxy s and not the fascinate SCH-i500 I'm not sure what it is but something isnt letting me go back.

adrynalyne said:
I've saved a couple i9000 Odin flashed Fascinates with this method so it should work.
First, grab my DI01 All in One. You need an all inclusive package.
http://adrynalyne.us/files/kernels/DI01package3.tar.md5
You will need odin3 v 1.30. Google for it.
You also need Heimdall.
Heimdall – Glass Echidna There is a readme in the windows version zip if you get stuck. Drivers must be installed for it as well.
You also need a copy of the samsung galaxy s usb drivers, because Heimdall will remove them when you use it.
[Drivers] MS Windows x86 and x64 USB Drivers for Samsung Galaxy S - xda-developers
You will also need a PIT file from me:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2056318/atlas_v2.2.pit
Steps:
1. Install Heimdall and drivers.
2. Put phone in download mode and plug it in to usb cable.
3. Unzip the Odin file. 7zip can do this, but will give an EOF error. Ignore the error.
4. Choose each section in Heimdall and add the appropriate file, including PIT. Check repartition. Primary boot loader is boot.bin and secondary boot loader is sbl.bin.
5. Start. Boot once, check for problems. If problems persist, continue.
6. Reinstall Samsung USB drivers for Odin. This may require a PC reboot.
7. Put phone back in download Mode and start Odin, making sure its detected.
8. Load the entire Odin package, not extracted into the pda section of Odin. Include the PIT file. CHECK repartition.
9. Run the process.
If all goes well, you should be back to stock, crappy Eclair 2.1 without force close errors.
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Do this. Originally from a thread in development by adrynalyne
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

Kevin Gossett said:
Do this. Originally from a thread in development by adrynalyne
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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THanks guys for the help this last post got it back to 2.1 up and running thanks you

[Q] Flashing stock Android

Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I'm kind of a noob at this forum stuff and I'm posting here because I need serious help.
So now you'll probably cringe and maybe even get mad at how much of an idiot I am after reading this but here goes:
Last week I rooted my phone and flashed the leaked 4.3 update for the S4. Nothing went wrong so I got curious. I'd heard of cyanogenmod before so I decided I'd try that. That worked too. Now the problem is that I'm not really liking CM so I decided to unroot/flash the stock rom. This is where it gets bad: The tutorial I used for the rooting didn't tell me to back anything up. So I don't have any backups of my own stock rom.
I did some digging and found multiple pages with stock rom links but none of them are of my country. I've tried flashing the 4.3 again but Odin always says "FAIL!" What the hell do I do?

poninaine said:
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I'm kind of a noob at this forum stuff and I'm posting here because I need serious help.
So now you'll probably cringe and maybe even get mad at how much of an idiot I am after reading this but here goes:
Last week I rooted my phone and flashed the leaked 4.3 update for the S4. Nothing went wrong so I got curious. I'd heard of cyanogenmod before so I decided I'd try that. That worked too. Now the problem is that I'm not really liking CM so I decided to unroot/flash the stock rom. This is where it gets bad: The tutorial I used for the rooting didn't tell me to back anything up. So I don't have any backups of my own stock rom.
I did some digging and found multiple pages with stock rom links but none of them are of my country. I've tried flashing the 4.3 again but Odin always says "FAIL!" What the hell do I do?
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Have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Don't worry about it not being from your country. You can change the CSC to your country's later but first get your phone working.

kingzain900 said:
Have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Don't worry about it not being from your country. You can change the CSC to your country's later but first get your phone working.
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What do you mean? I can just download a random country's firmware? In another thread it said to not do that. I followed this tutorial and download the HOME.tar file the guy uploaded but I got FAIL almost instantly on Odin.

Go to Sammobile, download the latest stock firmware for your country and flash using Odin.
Sent from my GT-I9505

poninaine said:
What do you mean? I can just download a random country's firmware? In another thread it said to not do that. I followed this tutorial and download the HOME.tar file the guy uploaded but I got FAIL almost instantly on Odin.
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If you are worried about the different firmwares, then you can get your country's firmware from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9505&pcode=0#firmware.
Please note that these are the latest firmwares and likely to have the latest bootloader and hence the Knox problem. So it's upto you.

My country's firmware isn't there...

poninaine said:
My country's firmware isn't there...
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That's why I mentioned that download a firmware from the earlier link, then change the CSC to your country's. First check what's your country's three letter code and find the CSC for it.

kingzain900 said:
That's why I mentioned that download a firmware from the earlier link, then change the CSC to your country's. First check what's your country's three letter code and find the CSC for it.
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I downloaded Hungarys HOME.tar.md5 but it fails.
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!

Help changing from custom rom to legit update (Samsung S5)

Okay so to keep it brief, I am on alliance rom v5.3, running kitkat 4.4.2 on my Samsung S5, recently Lollipop has come out and I would like to update.
this was my first custom romming so needless to say I'm kinda scared, I am pretty sure I can find out how to flash to another custom rom but how would I go about getting to the default so that I can accept normal update? or is there a custom rom that is usually kept updated? (I am a sucker for having the latest version of things)
Also is there anything I should know about going from one custom rom that is rooted to another? or is it exactly like going from stock to custom?

DarkVamprism said:
Okay so to keep it brief, I am on alliance rom v5.3, running kitkat 4.4.2 on my Samsung S5, recently Lollipop has come out and I would like to update.
this was my first custom romming so needless to say I'm kinda scared, I am pretty sure I can find out how to flash to another custom rom but how would I go about getting to the default so that I can accept normal update? or is there a custom rom that is usually kept updated? (I am a sucker for having the latest version of things)
Also is there anything I should know about going from one custom rom that is rooted to another? or is it exactly like going from stock to custom?
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just look for stock lollipop rom for your phone ( sammobile)/and flash with odin, just make sure to do a full wipe before flashing the stock rom

Thanks for the quick reply, will this allow me to get future updates? like hotfixes released and stuff? I saw somewhere that once you flash it does something to the kernal which makes updates possibly brick the phone.

Just factory reset the custom, then use ODIN to flash the Stock ROM
Flashing the stock ROM will allow OTA updates so long as you don't root or flash anything else custom like recovery - it needs to stay 100% stock for OTA
But you can still root, and each time an OTA arrives, grab the new ROM from sammobile dot com and use ODIN to flash it, that will update your phone, leaving everything in tact, all your data and images etc will be fine, only thing you'll need to do after updating is root the phone again

Thank you both, I have found my phone model on sammobile but the list of firmwares there is no Australian firmwares(Im Australian) or even any US firmares, the only primarily english firmware that I can see on the list is for the united kingdom? are those what I use or am I missing something? Sorry if I should know this =\
Edit: it shows that I have the G900F under Model number in the settings.

DarkVamprism said:
Thank you both, I have found my phone model on sammobile but the list of firmwares there is no Australian firmwares(Im Australian) or even any US firmares, the only primarily english firmware that I can see on the list is for the united kingdom? are those what I use or am I missing something? Sorry if I should know this =\
Edit: it shows that I have the G900F under Model number in the settings.
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Try a UK firmware, the latest version BOE5 is in my sig link on MEGA, much faster than Sammobile
There is also samsung-updates dot com you can check out

Sorry to bug you but im getting errors when trying to use odin, im getting "Secure check fail : aboot" on my phone and the following on odin
Code:
<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/007> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
Looking up the codes I see stuff about having the wrong boot loader and to flash a different boot loader and modem and that its impossible to get with others saying its possible but should never be done, then others saying that I need to turn off reactivation lock.
At this stage I have factory reset it(it automatically booted after so I turned off) and I downloaded your G900FXXU1BOE5_G900FOXA1BOE5_G900FXXU1BOE5 file and put that in the AP section of odin.

DarkVamprism said:
Sorry to bug you but im getting errors when trying to use odin, im getting "Secure check fail : aboot" on my phone and the following on odin
Code:
<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/007> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
Looking up the codes I see stuff about having the wrong boot loader and to flash a different boot loader and modem and that its impossible to get with others saying its possible but should never be done, then others saying that I need to turn off reactivation lock.
At this stage I have factory reset it(it automatically booted after so I turned off) and I downloaded your G900FXXU1BOE5_G900FOXA1BOE5_G900FXXU1BOE5 file and put that in the AP section of odin.
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Are you sure you had the phone in Download Mode?
Volume DOWN & HOME & POWER (Then volume up when asked)
And yes, disable Reactivation lock before flashing anything or you'll end up with major problems requiring a massive mess on to fix
Using ODIN 3.10.6 ?

think you need pitfiles with the rom

Yea it was in download mode and I have never heard of this reactivation thing :S the instructions I read had nothing like that in there, any other settings I should change? luckily it booted fine so ill look into changing that.
Edit: Using Odin 3.09 Also I checked and reactivation was disabled.

ad0dh67 said:
think you need pitfiles with the rom
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Yea I was wondering the same
Try this OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Load it into the PIT section along with the ROM in the AP section together and try again
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DarkVamprism said:
Yea it was in download mode and I have never heard of this reactivation thing :S the instructions I read had nothing like that in there, any other settings I should change? luckily it booted fine so ill look into changing that.
Edit: Using Odin 3.09 Also I checked and reactivation was disabled.
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Here's the latest ODIN
https://mega.co.nz/#!Exo3yADS!y7pFS5-9RVhp4vDxTRAQARAwkjyQAB_9mDZWfXkLqko

There is no pit section inside of Odin 3.10?
Edit: Nevermind I found it but it says not to use it unless im an engineer, how badly will this screw me up =\ Im kind of scared to.

DarkVamprism said:
There is no pit section inside of Odin 3.10?
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There is on the lower left log / options / PIT section, although clicking that says to load it into the CSC section
Try using the PIT file with your 3.09 version of ODIN first as Im not sure where 3.10.6 wants the PIT file loaded into, it's not very clear

Okay in 3.09 there is a pit up the top where I can put it but but there is also a csc? which one am I supposed to put it in?

DarkVamprism said:
Okay in 3.09 there is a pit up the top where I can put it but but there is also a csc? which one am I supposed to put it in?
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Put it in the PIT section
I'm just reading up on what 3.10.6 means with that engineer warning
Make sure you load the stock ROM into AP together with the PIT file in the PIT section before flashing

I tried using the rom in the AP and the pit inside the PIT but now its saying secure check fail : pit =\
attempted with odin 3.09

DarkVamprism said:
I tried using the rom in the AP and the pit inside the PIT but now its saying secure check fail : pit =\
attempted with odin 3.09
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Are you running ODIN as Admin? (Right click > Run as Administrator)
Using a native PC running Windows? All Samsung drivers installed?
It almost sounds as if your bootloader is locked, but you managed to flash custom recovery and root right?

Yea I do have custom recovery and a custom rom and had rooted it. although inside the about device section it said I was using G900F I noticed the download mode said G900I so I searched for my old box and on the box it says it is a G900I so I assume the rom I used modified the model number, could this be screwing with anything?

DarkVamprism said:
Yea I do have custom recovery and a custom rom and had rooted it. although inside the about device section it said I was using G900F I noticed the download mode said G900I so I searched for my old box and on the box it says it is a G900I so I assume the rom I used modified the model number, could this be screwing with anything?
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Looks like you need to grab the G900I ROM and PIT
I'd try with just the ROM first, hopefully ODIN saved you from bricking when it realised it was for the wrong model phone
Get the G900I ROM, stick it into ODIN like you originally tried, see how you go from there
EDIT - Now it makes sense why there was no Australian ROM for your G900F, there is for the G900I

Okay, good news is sam mobile had the correct firmware now that im using the correct model number(doh) and the phone still boots fine, will update when I have downloaded and tried it, thanks for sticking with me.

6.0.1 firmware is out !! (G925FXXU3DPB8)

The build no. is G925FXXU3DPB8_G925FVFG3DPB8_VOD
Download link
Enjoy!
-- source

So we just flush this through odin right?
Edit: Can we flash this to the international (unlocked) version?

itskapil said:
The build no. is G925FXXU3DPB8_G925FVFG3DPB8_VOD
Download link
Enjoy!
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Downloading ASAP!!!!

Just odin , even if we come from 6.0.1 rooted beta ? need bootloader / stock recovery ?

Does it have the vodafone branding on it?

Is the file corrupted?

Androidfilehost or mega link plz

Can this be installed on o2 edge without issue? I know BTU can but unsure of other branded FW.

I have updated to mashmallow successful, in UK , the mobile phone feeling very snappy, I have disabled 10 apps therefore I have 1,3-1,5 gb ram free for other apps , The camera is much better, and now it is supporting RAW which I was looking for. I will tell more when I play.... The raw files are about 30 mb and they store quite a few more details, mobile files a bit slow when you try to open them

Dont try this for international version. It soft-bricked the phone.
Here is the odin result.
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> cache.img
<ID:0/006> cm.bin
<ID:0/006> hidden.img
<ID:0/006> FAIL!
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From previous experiences if you open the archive and delete the hidden.IMG it should install without issue

Criticalstriker said:
Dont try this for international version. It soft-bricked the phone.
Here is the odin result.
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Why?

marcoplo said:
I have updated to mashmallow successful, in UK , the mobile phone feeling very snappy, I have disabled 10 apps therefore I have 1,3-1,5 gb ram free for other apps , The camera is much better, and now it is supporting RAW which I was looking for. I will tell more when I play.... The raw files are about 30 mb and they store quite a few more details, mobile files a bit slow when you try to open them
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Were you on an unbranded phone or branded by other carrier at all?

Ranop11 said:
Why?
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The image file hidden.img on Vodafone ROMs is too large for unbranded UK devices.
If you repartition with a different PIT file, it will flash as is, or you can remove hidden.img from the file and repack.
Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

foxmeister said:
The image file hidden.img on Vodafone ROMs is too large for unbranded UK devices.
If you repartition with a different PIT file, it will flash as is, or you can remove hidden.img from the file and repack.
Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk
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can anyone please do a mirror

Can we do official updates after doing this update with odin ? I mean the update section wont say the phone is custom ?
Here's google mirror:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B40ItdHKfkyQRWI0MkY0dVhVTXM&usp=drive_web#list

Mirror link google drive
DOWNLOAD
G925FXXU3COL1_G925FVDS3COL2_VDS.ZIP

Yours seems different @laimonas777

laimonas777 said:
Mirror link google drive
DOWNLOAD
G925FXXU3COL1_G925FVDS3COL2_VDS.ZIP
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It's not the right one? It should be this G925FXXU3DPB8 ?

Did u delete the hidden.img ?

Stuck on AT&T Unreleased beta nougat update from earlier this year

Hi, so i'd like to upgrade my AT&T GS7 G930A to the latest available version of android that's released, as i'm still on the nougat beta update from earlier this year that wasn't officially released(meaning i'm still only at security update's from january 2017), however, none of the odin files i've tried have worked (links will be below) it keeps getting stuck at "Initializing" and on my phone it keeps saying "Odin Protocol version error", so i was hoping you guys would be able to help me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/pk1-odin-files-t3522168 (was going to OTA update after downgrading)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-g930aucu4bqd4-5-18-2017-t3608909
and https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/g930a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3567801
the version currently installed on my phone is G930AUCU4BQA4

You need to go completely back to stock in order to get back on nougat latest I suggest that you flash back to the pk1 marshmallow 6.0 and use the odin provided by Sam mobile

logoster said:
Hi, so i'd like to upgrade my AT&T GS7 G930A to the latest available version of android that's released, as i'm still on the nougat beta update from earlier this year that wasn't officially released(meaning i'm still only at security update's from january 2017), however, none of the odin files i've tried have worked (links will be below) it keeps getting stuck at "Initializing" and on my phone it keeps saying "Odin Protocol version error", so i was hoping you guys would be able to help me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/pk1-odin-files-t3522168 (was going to OTA update after downgrading)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-g930aucu4bqd4-5-18-2017-t3608909
and https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/g930a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3567801
the version currently installed on my phone is G930AUCU4BQA4
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Just flash this firmware using Odin3_v3.12_PrinceComsy

muniz_ri said:
Just flash this firmware using Odin3_v3.12_PrinceComsy
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Nope, now i get
Code:
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
tlopez1973 said:
You need to go completely back to stock in order to get back on nougat latest I suggest that you flash back to the pk1 marshmallow 6.0 and use the odin provided by Sam mobile
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how would i go about finding these files? as you can see by one of the links in my post, i already tried the PK1 firmware from here

From what I learned it always ends up being an Odin problem not going back just try different versions of Odin make sure your restart your phone when putting it in download mode

logoster said:
Nope, now i get
Code:
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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Try just flashing the CSC file with that Odin version. It contains the .pit file to format your partitions. If that works you should then be able to flash all 4 files.

muniz_ri said:
Try just flashing the CSC file with that Odin version. It contains the .pit file to format your partitions. If that works you should then be able to flash all 4 files.
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nope, same error, <ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail

logoster said:
nope, same error, <ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail
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Try the reverse for kicks and giggles meaning try all other files except CSC.

muniz_ri said:
Try the reverse for kicks and giggles meaning try all other files except CSC.
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<ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail

tlopez1973 said:
From what I learned it always ends up being an Odin problem not going back just try different versions of Odin make sure your restart your phone when putting it in download mode
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so do you have any links to both the PK1 files and odin that you know work? because i still have this problem, and everything i've tried just keeps giving me the same errors, either that odin protocol mismatch, or the model dismatch failure (and you also said try sammobile odin? i can't find it, and their website seems to insist that the G930A doesn't exist)

Sorry for bumping, but I'd really like to fix this